Sash-holder.



No. 703,889. Patented luly I, |902. B. D. BERRY.V

SASH HOLDER, (Appumion mfiJuu'e 4, um.)

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8. D. BERRY.

SASH HULDER.

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3 Sheets-Sheet 3 NITE-n STATES! BENJAMIN/D. BERRY, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO XVILLIAM H. BERRY, OF CHESTER,PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of" Letters Patent No. 703,889, dated July 1, 1902.

Application iled 'Tune 4i 19071. Serial No. 63.105. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, BENJAMIN D. BERRY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chesjter, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, yhave invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, an-d exact de'- scription, reference being had to the accomfpanying drawings,rand to the numerals and letters of reference marked thereon. Y

The object of my invention is to adapt win dow-sashes, screens, or similar sliding devices to be freely held within their guides, so that they may be readily moved up and4 down therein and also conveniently tightened, and thus prevented from rattling, and, furthermore, held at any adj usted height and locked in the closed position.

It is well known that the difficulties intended to be overcomeloy this invention are common in the use of window-sashes, particularly those made of the softer and cheaper woods, of which the greater majority are manufactured, they being peculiarly exposed to the danger of swelling during damp weather, so

that if the sash is not given freedom withinl its guides it will become jammed or difficult of manipulation. At the same time it has been found that where in such cases sufficient freedom has been provided within the guides to secure the sash against thedanger of .be-

coming jammed byswelling it has -been necessary in order to prevent the rattling referred to to wedge the sash within the guides or otherwise secure it, which is a matter of considerable inconvenience and labor, involving the use of contrivances unsightly to the eye and injurious to the sash.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l isreduced scale, lillustrating the general arrangement ofthe parts` of myinvention with respect to a window-frame and its sashes. Fig. 6 is an under side view of the operating-plate. Fig. 7 is a view of a detail hereinafter described. Fig.`8 is a vertical section through a window-frame and its contained sash on the line 8 8 of Fig. 5. Figs; 9 and l0 are respectively a Vertical and a horizontal section on the correspondingly numbered lines of a car-window embodying my invention in a modified form. Fig. 11 is a vertical section of a car-window, illustrating a further modication. l j

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts inthe respect-ive figures.

l l may represent generally the windowframe; 2 2, parts of the yupper and 3 3 parts of the lower sash frame. As seen particularly in Fig. 4, the lower horizontal bar of the upper-sash lframe is provided with a ledge a, while the upper bar of the lower-sash frame 3 is furnished with an overhanging projection a', the two bars when the sashes are closed occupying the position shown in said figure. Secured, to the top of the lower-sash frame 3 is a plate 4, having a central projection 4a, provided with an 'elongated slot 4, the plate serving as a support to two slidable interiorly-screw-threaded thimbles 5, in each of which is screwed the end of a rod 6, employed for a purpose hereinafter described. Each of the thimbles 5 is furnished with a .pin 5, the two pins vfitting each in a sepa- 'rate' cam-groove 5c of an operating-plate 7, whichis provided with a handle having a iinger-button 7. The cam-plate 7 is furnished with atubular projection or sleeve 7 d, which passes through the elongated slot 4, and through the sleeveV 7(1 is passed a threaded pin 7"', having a nut Tf, `and by means of the headand nut of said pin 7 e the cam-plate is prevented from detachment from the plate 4. At the opposite end or side of the cam-plate 7 is a cam or incline 7b, which, as hereinafter more particularly described, operates in connection with the catch 8, attached to the top of the lower bar of the upper-sash frame 2, as represented more particularly in Fig. 4.

As seen especially in Figs. Zand 3, the vertical strip, usually known as the partingstrip, 9, located between the upper and lower sash frames and acting as a part of the guide for said frames, is mounted upon vertical pivots 9 9b, having bearings in the upper and lower horizontal portions of the windowframe, as shown in Fig. 5. Each of these parting, or, as Iwill term them, division, stripsis, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, rabbeted, as'at 10, to receive the member 11 of a casting 12, one of said castings being secured to an end of each of the rods 6, each rod being turned up or hooked, as represented lat 6, passed through a hole in the eye 13 of its casting 12, and riveted over, as shown at 14E. Each of the castings 12 rests upon a plate 15, screwed or otherwise secured to the top of the upper horizontal member of the lowersash frame, each plate being provided with a boss 15a, seated in an elongated slot 16 of the` strip 9 is capable of being rocked from its normal tothe oblique position, (seen iu Fig.2,) eachof said strips 9 occupying a reverse position with respect to each other, as shown in Fig. 2. This rocking of the strips 9, as will be readily understood, is effected by'lneans of the partial rotation of the cam-plate 7, whose cam-grooves 5, acting upon the pins 5 of the thim bles 5, will effect the longitudinal movement of the rods 6, connected to the plates 12, having engagement with said strips 9.

vertical position, but have a slight outward inclination at the top, as clearly shown in Fig. 8, the object of which arrangement is to cause the strips when turned on their pivots to first impinge or bear at their extreme ends upon the upper and lower sashes and allow'` the twist or spring in the strips to be spent before the final contact with the upper and lower sashes along their entire length takes place, thus insuring a firm pressure of the stri ps against the whole height of both sashes.

Having thus generally described the construction of the principal parts of my invention, other features thereof will be explained in the statement ot' the operation of the invention which follows.

The window-sash having been fitted up with the parts above described, and considerable clearance having been provided between the faces of the upper and lower sash frames, the window-guides 15, and the division-strips 9, so that under normal conditions the frames may be moved with the greatest easewithout danger of sticking or jamming from any cause, and it is desired to raise or lower a sash, this is done in-the ordinary way, all the parts being free, as seen in Fig. 3. It will be seen that the plates 12, which are secured to the lower sash, are free to move with it upon the division-strips 9. The lower sash (or the upper sash, as may be) having been raised or lowered, and it is desired now to secure the sash-frames from lateral movement, thus preventing rattling, the cam-plate 7 is partially rotated, and by means of the conjoint action of the camgrooves 5 and pins 5a the rods 6 will rock the plates 12 and the engaged division-strips 9, throwing opposite corners or edges of each of said strips against the adjacent faces of the upper and lower sash frames, causing the outer faces of said frames to be tightly pushed andjammed against the guides 15, While the strips 9 themselves will bind the adjacent faceslof said sash-frames, all as clearly shown in Fig. 2. It will be seen that not only do the division-strips 9 serve as means for tightening the sash frames by jamming them against the guides 15 in the manner stated, but also -that they serve to make a perfectly tight joint, excluding drafts, dust, &c., from entrance between vthe sash-frames.

Supposing the window to be closed, the upper and lower sash frames being then in the position shown in Fig. 4, and it is desired to make tight closure between the upper and lower sash frames, as seen in Fig. 4, this is done by bringing the cam'or incline 7b of the Cain-plate 7 under the catch S, secured to the upper sash, this action being coincident with that which effects the closure at the sides f the sash along their entire height by means of the change of position or rocking of the division-strips 9.

The function of the slot 4 in the projection 4C of the plate 4 (see Fig. 1) is to allow The division-strips 9 do not stand in a true the independent automatic operation of one of the division-strips in the event that the other should be prevented frommoving through as large an arc by a greater swelling of the parts on one side of the window, the construction provided making one strip the fulc'rum for the movement of the other. This would not be the case were the sleeve or tubular projection 4d, resting within the slot, fitted in a concentric opening.

Figs. 9, 10, and 11 illustrate my invention as applied to windows having a single'sash, particularly car-windows, in which curtains or slatted blinds are used to keep out the direct rays of the sun. In the form represented in Figs. 9 and 10, in which a curtain is used, the division-strips 9 are applied between the sash and the outside sash-guide 15, whereas in such windows as have slatted blinds the division-strips are placed between the sash-frame and the blind. The operating-plate 7 in this form of the invention is placed below the sill and within the framing of the car, the finger-button 72 on the operating-plate extending into the carin conven-l ient position to be manipulated. The rods 6 extend laterally from the operating-plate 7, each rod being connected at its outer end to an arm 12, secured to the lower pivot-pin 9.a of a division-strip 9.

It is obvious that my improvement is capable of various 'changes and modifications which will readily suggest themselves to the skilled mechanic without the exercise of invention, and such minor or unimportant changes, not departing substantially from lOO TIO

what is herein described, I consider as fully within my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claimj l. In a sash-holder, the combination of upper and lower sash frames, guides for the same, pivoted division-strips between the sash-frames adapted to engage by their edges with the side bars of said sash-frames and press them against the guides, and means for rocking said division-stri ps, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sash-holder, the combination of upper and lower sash frames, guides therefor, a vertically-pivoted inclined division-strip on each side of and between the sash-frames, a plate pivoted at each end of the horizontal meeting-bar of one of the sash-frames, said plate loosely engaging the adjacent divisionstrip and adapted to slide thereon when the sash-frame is raised or lowered, and means for rocking the plates and division-strips,sub stantially as set forth.

In a sash-holder, the combination of upper and lower sash frames, guides for the same, pivoted division-strips, and means for rocking said division-strips, substantially as set forth.

4. In a sash-holder, the combination of npperandlowersash frames,theirguides,averti cally-pivoted inclined division-strip on each side of and between the sash-frames, a plate pivoted at each end of the horizontal meeting-bar of one of the sash-frames, said plate loosely engaging the adjacent division-strip and adapted to slide thereon when the sashframe is raised or lowered, a rotatable plate pivoted to the horizontal bar and having camgrooves formed thereon, and rods connecting said pivoted plates to the cam-plate, substantially as set forth.

5. In a sash-holder, the combination of upper and lower sash frames, their guides, vertically pivoted division strips adapted to force -by their edges the side bars of the sashframes into closer contact with the guides, a catch on the lower horizontal bar of the upper sash, arotatable plate pivoted to the upper horizontal bar of the lower sash, said rotatable plate being provided with cam-grooves and an inclined flange by means of which the division-strips are forced against the guides and 4the sashes locked together by the one operation, substantially as set forth.

6. In a sash-holder, the combination of upper and lower sash frames, their guides, pivoted division -rstrips adapted to engage by their edges with'the side bars of the sashframes and press them against the guides, a plate loosely engaging each division-strip and adjusted to slide thereon, and means for rocking the plates and the division-strips, substantially as set forth.

7 In a sash-holder, the combination of upper and lower sash frames, their guides, pivoted division-strips between the sash-frames and having a slight inclination toward the upper sash, and means for rocking said division-strips whereby they are caused to impinge or bear on the sash-frames rst at the eXtreme ends and finally for their whole length, substantially as set forth.

S. In a sash-holder, the combination of upper and lower sash frames, their guides, pivoted division-strips, a cam-plate pivoted at the center of the upper horizontal bar of the lower-sash frame, a plate pivotally secured at each end of said bar, each engaging a division-strip and adapted to slide thereon with the lower-sash frame, and connections between the cam-plate and said pivoted plates whereby, upon the rotation of the cam-plate, said division-strips may be turned upon their pivots, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

BENJAMIN D. BERRY.

Witnesses:

ROBERT B. FULTON, ELEANOR J. WILSON.

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